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play false — verb conceal one s true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well • Syn: ↑bamboozle, ↑snow, ↑hoodwink, ↑pull the wool over someone … Useful english dictionary
play false — deceive, cheat, scam; falsify, distort … English contemporary dictionary
play false — Break one s word, sell one s self, turn traitor, go over to the enemy … New dictionary of synonyms
false — [fôls] adj. falser, falsest [ME < OFr < fals < L falsus, pp. of fallere, to deceive: see FAIL] 1. not true; in error; incorrect; mistaken [a false argument] 2. untruthful; lying; dishonest [a false witness] 3. disloyal; unfaithful [a… … English World dictionary
false — adj. & adv. adj. 1 not according with fact; wrong, incorrect (a false idea). 2 a spurious, sham, artificial (false gods; false teeth; false modesty). b acting as such; appearing to be such, esp. deceptively (a false lining). 3 illusory; not… … Useful english dictionary
play — v. & n. v. 1 intr. (often foll. by with) occupy or amuse oneself pleasantly with some recreation, game, exercise, etc. 2 intr. (foll. by with) act light heartedly or flippantly (with feelings etc.). 3 tr. a perform on or be able to perform on (a… … Useful english dictionary
False Folio — is the term that Shakespeare scholars and bibliographers have applied to William Jaggard s printing of ten Shakespearean and pseudo Shakespearean plays together in 1619, the first attempt to collect Shakespeare s work in a single volume.The term… … Wikipedia
play someone false — To act falsely or treacherously towards a person • • • Main Entry: ↑false * * * I deceive or cheat someone II prove treacherous or deceitful toward someone … Useful english dictionary
Play — Play, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Played}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Playing}.] [OE. pleien, AS. plegian, plegan, to play, akin to plega play, game, quick motion, and probably to OS. plegan to promise, pledge, D. plegen to care for, attend to, be wont, G.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
False — False, adv. Not truly; not honestly; falsely. You play me false. Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
